Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Net neutrality? Not at the coffee shop

Net neutrality rules arrived just before Christmas, but they won't apply to Kindles, coffee shops, or dial-up Internet. And they won't apply to Google.

The toughest rules (PDF) apply only to "fixed broadband Internet access service," which can include fixed wireless links ("mobile" broadband has different, and even weaker, rules). Dial-up isn't covered, since "telephone service has historically provided the easy ability to switch among competing dial-up Internet access services" and the telephone network is still regulated under "common carrier" rules.

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